Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/25353 
Year of Publication: 
2007
Series/Report no.: 
Hamburg Contemporary Economic Discussions No. 7
Publisher: 
University of Hamburg, Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences, Chair for Economic Policy, Hamburg
Abstract: 
Olympic Games may have impacts on income and employment in the host city, but no ex post study has been carried out for European Olympic host cities to date. The present study closes this gap using the 1972 Munich Olympic Games. The data period examined in this study allows for analysis of long-term effects. In addition, the methodology avoids overestimating the significance of the effects. Finally, we report results for all possible combinations of pre- and post-Olympic periods. The results: income in Olympic regions grew significantly faster than in other German regions. In contrast, no employment effects were identified.
Subjects: 
Olympic Games
mega events
income
employment
JEL: 
L83
O18
R11
R53
R58
ISBN: 
978-3-940369-29-1
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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